Staphylococcus hominis in the urogenital tract

Isolated from the human urinary tract, blood and other tissue
Opportunistic pathogen¹
Builds strong biofilms¹
Generally regarded as a harmless commensal of skin
Produces thioalcohol compounds that cause body odour
May cause opportunistic infection, more so in those with compromised immune systems
Tends to colonise areas with abundant sweat (apocrine) glands, such as armpits and pubic area
Predominant species found on head, armpits, arms and legs
Can produce acid products aerobically from glucose, fructose, sucrose, trehalose and glycerol, with some strains able to produce acid from turanose, lactose, galactose, melezitose, mannitol and mannose
Colonises skin for several weeks or months
Optimal growth temperature range is 28 to 40 °C, but good growth is still observed at 45 °C, and no growth seen at 15 °C
A close relationship is believed to exist between S. hominis and S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, and S. warneri²
Multiple drug treatments and resistances³
Can adhere to HeLa cells⁴
Over 40 per cent of methicillin-resistant S. hominis strains invade epithelial cells⁴
Cytotoxic activity of extracellular factors causing destruction of epithelial cells⁴

References

1.
Jiang S, Zheng B, Ding W, et al. Whole-Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus hominis, an Opportunistic Pathogen. Journal of Bacteriology. Published online August 10, 2012:4761-4762. doi:10.1128/jb.00991-12
2.
Kloos WE, Schleifer KH. Isolation and Characterization of Staphylococci from Human Skin II. Descriptions of Four New Species: Staphylococcus warneri, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, and Staphylococcus simulans. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. Published online January 1, 1975:62-79. doi:10.1099/00207713-25-1-62
3.
Kloos WE, George CG, Olgiate JS, et al. Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus subsp. nov., a novel trehalose- and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-negative, novobiocin- and multiple-antibiotic-resistant subspecies isolated from human blood cultures. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. Published online July 1, 1998:799-812. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-799
4.
Szczuka E, Krzymińska S, Bogucka N, Kaznowski A. Multifactorial mechanisms of the pathogenesis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus hominis isolated from bloodstream infections. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Published online December 20, 2017:1259-1265. doi:10.1007/s10482-017-1007-3

Anaerobe / Aerobe
Gram stain	Gram-positive
Best tests to detect	PCR DNA NGS Culture
Pathogen of
Commensal of (Can naturally inhabit, but not necessarily as a healthy addition)	Skin
Optimal growth pH
Conditions correlated with	General human infection
Cellular adherence capacities
Found in healthy vaginas	No
Biofilm-forming capacities
Cellular Morphology	Coccus (spherical)
Microbe Motility
Colony Colour	Orange Yellow White
Substances Produced
Sexually Transmissible

Treatments for Staphylococcus hominis in the urogenital tract are only for practitioners and people who purchased the book Killing BV and Killing BV for men.